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[–] Grayox@lemmy.ml 64 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Cause they dont let smart folks become pigs.

[–] Glifted@lemmy.world 45 points 9 months ago (2 children)

It's not common (and I would argue IQ tests have limited value) but I feel like I should remind everyone this actually happened

[–] Sabre363@sh.itjust.works 25 points 9 months ago (1 children)

If officers are too smart they might start to think minorities are also people and that kids should be protected. We obviously can't be having that in America

[–] FinalRemix@lemmy.world 15 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Or maybe during their "Killology" training (yes really) one of them might say "Wait, this is insane bullshit. And has this trainer even seen a gun before?!"

I saw at the end the plaintiff became a prison guard. It's been over 20 years now, i would be interested to see how long he stuck with it seeing how their whole thing was about smart people quitting the force